National Assembly of Québec - Return to homepage

Calendar
Open

To use the Calendar, Javascript must be activated in your browser.
For more information

Home > About the Website > Accessibility

About the Website

Accessibility
Compliance
Non-compliant content
Validation tools
Icons
Your contribution

Accessibility

The website of the National Assembly of Québec adheres to web accessibility guidelines developed to ensure ease of access to website content and functions. The three government standards for web accessibility are provided below.

Compliance

Since January 1, 2014, the National Assembly website has met the requirements of the Website accessibility standard (SGQRI 008-01).

The website integrates the best practices of XHTML 1.0 markup language and Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 (CSS2) recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), making it possible for disabled persons to access website content using voice browsers, screen readers and braille displays.

Non-compliant content

Some elements on the website do not comply with the three government standards on web accessibility:

Script elements (The website must be used with JavaScript activated, in particular to fill out forms.);
Some words or phrases appearing in French in texts originating in another language;
Abbreviations, acronyms and quotes;
Pop-up help elements and date selection calendar;
Error messages in forms;
The "Library", "International" and "History" sections, which are not yet integrated into the website's database;
The "Audio and Video" and "Advanced search", which will soon be overhauled.

In the coming months, work will begin in order to improve the website's compliance with the Standard for the accessibility of downloadable documents (SGQRI 008-02) and the Standard for the accessibility of website multimedia content (SGQR1-008-03).

The National Assembly of Québec cannot guarantee accessibility to the content of documents provided by third parties not subject to those standards.

Validation tools

The website was tested using the following technologies:

Browsers

Firefox 10, 18 and 25
Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9 and 10
Chrome 31
Safari 5.1.7

Additional tools

JAWS, version 14.0
NVDA, version 2013.2
Web Developer for Firefox, version 1.2.5
Firebug for Firefox, version 1.2.4
OpQuast Desktop for Firefox, version 0.9.0
WAVE Toolbar for Firefox, version 1.1.6
WCAG Contrast Checker for Firefox, version 1.4.3
Accessibility Inspector for Firebug, version 0.9.16

Icons

The following icons are used on the website:

	Decrease font size
	Increase font size
	Information
	Calendar
	Search
	Comment
	Participate
	Link opens in a new window
	Close a menu or section
	Open a menu or section